Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Computer 2000

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The result was no consensus. Sandstein 07:40, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Computer 2000

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The company is not notable and the article lacks citations and verification. Archdeceiver (talk) 14:40, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 17:27, 5 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nomination. The article says that this business was Europe's leading provider of IT products to resellers until it was bought out. A middleman business of this sort, neither an originator of innovations nor a consumer brand, is an extremely unlikely candidate to ever have long term historical notability. And the name does not make it easy to do a quick search for real sources in Google News archive, which finds many press releases announcing product lines, personnel changes, and promotional events. (Wow! I bet when the year 2000 comes, the Future will have arrived. We'll have computers! And flying cars! We'll all live under domed cities full of beautiful bald headed women! I can't wait!) - Smerdis of Tlön - killing the human spirit since 2003! 02:51, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nomination, for the same reasons listed above. --62.49.171.1 (talk) 16:18, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:50, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Computing-related deletion discussions. -- ℳono 03:03, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep a company, unlike a news event, need merely have notability , not long-term historical notability -- for a company, that's equivalrnt to "famous", a much higher standard than we use. The largest firm in a major field of business is notable. I don't see the relevance of all the the reasons given above for deletion, but making fun of the subject of an article for being no longer current is not a reason for deletion. DGG ( talk ) 03:45, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Article certainly requires citations if it is to stay. Fiedorczuk (talk) 17:01, 12 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Keep – There seems to be a fair amount of international coverage, e.g. of the acquisition: one example is an article in the St. Petersburg Times. Paul Erik ^{(talk)(contribs)} 05:06, 20 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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